Most Expensive Races
- Stats at a Glance
- Cost of Election
- Election Trends
- Incumbent Advantage
- - PACs Stick with Incumbents
- Most Expensive Races
- Most Competitive Races
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Donors
- Donor Demographics
- Who Are the Biggest Donors?
- Top Organization Contributors
- Top Political Action Committees
- Large Versus Small Individual Donations
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Candidates
- Fundraising Totals
- Candidate Counts
- Top Self-Funding Candidates
- Candidate-to-Candidate Giving
- Winning vs. Spending
- Party to Candidate Giving
- Reelection Rates
- In-District vs. Out-of-District
- In-State vs. Out-of-State
- Where the Money Came From
- Women in Congress
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Source of Funds
- Business-Labor-Ideology Split
- Top Industries
- Sector Totals
- Most Partisan Industries
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Geography
- Totals by State
- Totals by Metro Area
- Totals by Zip Code
- Contribution Limits
Some Congressional races are seeing more spent by super PACs and other outside groups than the candidates themselves. Use the options below to see the most expensive races based on either campaign committees alone or candidate campaign committees combined with outside spending by groups not affiliated with the campaigns.
Senate races with the most money spent, all candidates and outside groups
Rank | Race | Total Spent | Total Candidate | Total Outside Spending |
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1 | Georgia Senate | $489,126,330 | $255,496,510 | $233,629,820 |
2 | Pennsylvania Senate | $407,716,367 | $167,189,346 | $240,527,021 |
3 | Arizona Senate | $258,128,836 | $128,712,077 | $129,416,759 |
4 | Wisconsin Senate | $224,889,639 | $96,370,780 | $128,518,859 |
5 | Ohio Senate | $224,358,740 | $124,446,356 | $99,912,384 |
6 | Nevada Senate | $203,570,266 | $80,122,499 | $123,447,767 |
7 | North Carolina Senate | $165,907,839 | $59,664,975 | $106,242,864 |
8 | Florida Senate | $144,252,730 | $130,325,008 | $13,927,722 |
9 | New Hampshire Senate | $107,547,969 | $50,479,944 | $57,068,025 |
10 | Missouri Senate | $72,767,983 | $40,247,761 | $32,520,222 |
House races with the most money spent, all candidates and outside groups
Rank | Race | Total Spent | Total Candidate | Total Outside Spending |
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1 | California District 47 | $42,197,986 | $31,888,004 | $10,309,982 |
2 | Texas District 28 | $41,332,227 | $16,434,788 | $24,897,439 |
3 | Michigan District 07 | $40,717,073 | $14,240,166 | $26,476,907 |
4 | Virginia District 07 | $40,112,032 | $15,604,945 | $24,507,087 |
5 | Oregon District 06 | $35,125,029 | $13,496,178 | $21,628,851 |
6 | Pennsylvania District 07 | $34,551,215 | $13,458,798 | $21,092,417 |
7 | Nevada District 03 | $34,235,812 | $9,295,568 | $24,940,244 |
8 | California District 22* | $33,755,944 | $7,379,147 | $26,376,797 |
9 | New Hampshire District 01 | $33,231,724 | $11,461,558 | $21,770,166 |
10 | Washington District 08 | $32,260,137 | $14,517,909 | $17,742,228 |
* Special Election
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